Education

At Kestrel House School, our multi-disciplinary approach to teaching and learning forms a curriculum that is personalized and sensitive to every pupil’s needs. We use a range of well recognised strategies and approaches in the fields of autism and education that have an evidence base demonstrating their effectiveness. It is an eclectic and holistic approach to Autism encompassing:

TEACCH principles

Visual structure and support

Intensive Interaction

Social Skills groups

Circle Time

Behaviour management programmes based upon ‘The 5P Approach’

Social Stories and comic strip conversations

PECS

SCERTS

Occupational Therapy

Speech and Language Therapy

Psychology

At Kestrel House School, we base our teaching philosophy on the belief that learning is not just the acquisition of skills, but rather that true learning affects the way a child thinks and understands the world and operates within it.

How We Do It:

By providing a safe , welcoming, motivating and consistent environment

Through a professional, skilled and knowledgeable team of teachers, LSAs and our onsite multi-disciplinary team

Through a specialist curriculum addressing pupils’ social communication and social skills, flexibility for independence skills, life skills and sensory needs

By supporting and empowering pupils to develop their self-awareness and their ability to use their skills functionally

By supporting pupils in their ability to self-regulate and manage their own behaviour

How do we make a difference?

Pupils develop the skills, tools and strategies to maximize their levels of independence and their ability to manage their own behavior

Pupils grow in their self-confidence and ability to communicate with others

Families feel supported and empowered

Pupils make good and outstanding progress in relation to the National Curriculum

Pupils gain external accreditation for their learning as they move through the school, e.g. ASDAN awards

Pupils develop and awareness of the wider world and work related learning and experience work opportunities as they get older